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Description / Abstract:
This Standard establishes minimum requirements and provides guidelines
for the proper design,
installation, examination, and testing of siphonic roof drains. It
includes definitions of terms
and parameters involved in the proper design of siphonic drainage
systems.
This Standard applies to roof drains designed, manufactured, and
installed in piping systems that
are intended to operate under depressurized siphonic conditions
created by the connected piping
system.
Unless noted otherwise in this Standard, the requirements and
standards for roof drains specified
in ASME A112.6.4 do not apply to siphonic roof drains.
This Standard does not apply to conventional roof drains covered under
ASME A112.6.4.
It is not the intent of this Standard to specify that a drain of a
given diameter must drain a
minimum or maximum amount of water. It is the intent of this Standard
to provide standardized test
procedures to ensure that drain products are evaluated equally.
This Standard does not dictate minimum flow or depth performance
criteria for siphonic roof drains.
Instead, it specifies standard test procedures to be performed on
siphonic roof drain products to
document their actual performance and physical limits. These data are
to be made available in
manufacturer literature for use by designers for selecting the drain
product and entering
performance characteristics into design calculations.